Jaye Davidson (born Alfred Amey; March 21, 1968) is an American-British model and retired actor. He is best known for his roles as trans woman Dil in the 1992 suspense-drama thriller film The Crying Game, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, (making him the first Mixed Race British actor to be nominated for an Oscar), and in 1994's Stargate as Ra.
Oh, no, I hope I don't win the Oscar. I'm not an actor, and if I won, it wouldn't be fair to the other people who are actors.
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I have been involved in physical violence. Absolutely. I am an incredibly strong person and an incredibly fast person. And once I do start bashing you about, you will not get up off the floor. It's as simple as that.
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I'm unshockable, fortunately - or unfortunately.
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Do I enjoy wearing dresses? I never, ever did drag. Never.
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[on Stephen Rea, his partner in The Crying Game (1992)] I would imagine that Stephen would have been more uncomfortable with me than I would have been with him. See, I'm from another world from Stephen's life. Stephen is an actor -- a Belfast actor, married with children. And he ends up working with someone like me. I felt sorry for Stephen. I can't speak for him, of course, but I just thought, ''This poor man has to kiss me.''
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I don't really believe in anything special, but I respect God. I go to church sometimes, but not often.
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Very funny. . . It's not because I'm good, it's because it was an interesting role. It was the role that was nominated, not me. I really think that most of this is a fluke. - after finding out about his Academy Award nomination
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The most important thing in my life is to live my life and enjoy it--to do what I think is right and what I think is good.
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About the way homosexuals are perceived in the media: "Some people are so precious -- all this hoo-ha about bad role models and positive images! Of course gay people are murderers, bigamists, drug addicts and nasty people -- just as much as heterosexual people are all of these things. What it all boils down to is, we are all people, and we all have the same human desires. It just happens that some desires go this way and some desires go that way. It's sad when people are oppressed. But it's a question of rising above it. Personally, mentally and, if you have to, physically. "
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Is back to the job he had before "The Crying Game"... a fashion assistant in London.
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Jaye has two sisters.
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Has a strong aversion to flying.
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His dislike of the attention that he received after The Crying Game (1992) made him reluctant to take the role of Ra in Stargate (1994). He didn't want to just turn the offer down so made what he expected to be an unacceptable demand of $1 million. This was accepted and he appeared.
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His performance as Dil in "The Crying Game" (1992) is ranked #92 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
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When he was nominated for an Academy Award in 1993 he quickly became the biggest question mark of the Oscars not just the matter of whether he would decide to attend the show but what he'd wear if he did show up. After being modest about the event for weeks, he showed up in an aptly gender-bending ensemble: a woman's equestrian-style blazer, white shirt, riding breeches and thigh-high leather boots. Later, he pronounced himself happy to have met Jane Fonda and touched Richard Gere's back.
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was discovered in a bar.
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His father is Ghanaian and his mother is English
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Left for England at 2 and a half. Grew up in Hertfordshire, England, UK
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Borghilde Project
2009
Short
Nazi Photographer
Jiggery Pokery
1994
TV Movie
Jo
Stargate
1994
Ra
The Crying Game
1992
Dil
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Catwalk
1995
Documentary
Himself
The 65th Annual Academy Awards
1993
TV Special
Himself - Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
TV Movie documentary
Himself - #94 The Crying Game Keeps a Secret
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1992
NBR Award
National Board of Review, USA
Most Auspicious Debut
The Crying Game (1992)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1993
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Crying Game (1992)
1993
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Crying Game (1992)
1993
CFCA Award
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Most Promising Actor
The Crying Game (1992)
1993
CFCA Award
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Most Promising Actress
The Crying Game (1992)
2nd Place Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1993
NSFC Award
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
Best Supporting Actor
The Crying Game (1992)
Known for movies
Stargate (1994) as Ra
The Crying Game (1992) as Dil
Jiggery Pokery (1994) as Jo
The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993) as Himself - Nominated: Best Actor in a Supporting Role
$300,000
